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Who owns your block

2000 block of S 21st St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 6 open code violations and 1 home behind $29,415 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 185% since 2016, now about $218K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$218K
$211K–$340K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$140
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$227K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $218K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 25
$27K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
80%
20 of 25
city 41%
Rentals
12%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$29K
1 of 25 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$25
5 years
+105%
value · tax +$882
10 years
+185%
value · tax +$683

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

The makeup of the block

Every home, plotted by size and assessed value — press play and watch the block reprice from 2016 to 2027. One bubble per house (area = lot size), colored by who owns it; a gold ring marks tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Tax-abated
  • Bubble = lot size
  • → bigger interior  ·  ↑ higher value

Assessed values from the city's year-by-year assessment record — a proxy for price, lumpy in reassessment years.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $218K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$218K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied64%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 112 reported crimes (39 violent) and 343 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
112
39 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
343
55 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults27
Thefts20
Motor Vehicle Theft13
All Other Offenses11
Theft from Vehicle11
Fraud6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection90
Illegal Dumping29
Maintenance Complaint29
Salting25
Abandoned Vehicle23
Construction Complaints23

Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary · K-5
Stephen Girard
1800 Snyder Ave · 304 students
Middle
Eh Universal Institute Charter School At Vare
High
Universal Institute Charter School At Audenried

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

What it's worth, and where taxes are going

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$125K$250K$218K2016: $76K2017: $76K2018: $76K2019: $99K2020: $106K2021: $106K2022: $106K2023: $170K2024: $170K2025: $201K2026: $201K2027: $218K2016202020232027

▲ +185% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,7342016: $1,0512017: $1,0512018: $1,0512019: $1,3682020: $1,4672021: $1,4672022: $8522023: $1,6102024: $1,2642025: $1,7682026: $1,7092027: $1,7342016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

2
2 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $27,072 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$1,734pays now $4,764at the full rate

2006 S 21st St is assessed at $340K but pays $1,734 a year — about 36% of the $4,764 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 285 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $285 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+185%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.5 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years); rental yield is estimated from ACS area rents. Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 38 arm's-length sales since 1970. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K1980199220042016
38arm's-length sales since 1970
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 25 parcels

Owner-occupied: 20Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 3 25parcels
  • Owner-occupied 20
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

18 parcels3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$211K$330K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Kassan Realty Ventures Ll16$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Ygb I Llc13$505Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 25 homes on the block — value and 12-year trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail on the ones that were bought, built, torn down, or flipped. Sorted up the street; each links to its full city record — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2000 S 21ST ST Bought for $30K in 2015, alteration permit in 2013, sold for $160K in 2019 (+118%). Absentee individual $234K —/— 1,784 1920 3 6 viol
2002 S 21ST ST Traded 4×: $21K in 2001 → $83K in 2005 (+295%). Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,500 1920 4
2004 S 21ST ST Bought for $150K in 2026. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,500 1920 1
2006 S 21ST ST Bought for $335K in 1970, built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated), sold for $100K in 2018. Owner-occupied $340K 3/2 1,550 1920 2 abatedtax lien
2008 S 21ST ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $218K 4/1 1,550 1920 0
2010 S 21ST ST Owner-occupied $218K 4/1 1,550 1920 0
2012 S 21ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,430 1920 0
2014 S 21ST ST Bought for $30K in 2005, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2017, sold for $329K in 2024 (+997%). Owner-occupied $330K 3/2 1,430 1920 6
2016 S 21ST ST Owner-occupied $218K 4/1 1,550 1920 0 abated
2018 S 21ST ST Bought for $95K in 2014, alteration permit in 2015, sold for $236K in 2020 (+149%). Owner-occupied $218K 2/1 1,550 1920 2
2020 S 21ST ST Traded 2×: $83K in 2004 → $240K in 2018 (+191%). Owner-occupied $263K 2/2 1,368 1920 2 rented
2022 S 21ST ST Bought for $150K in 2022. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $218K 4/1 1,550 1920 1 rented
2024 S 21ST ST Bought for $40K in 2018. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Absentee individual $218K 4/1 1,550 1920 2
2026 S 21ST ST Bought for $195K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $218K 3/1 1,550 1920 1
2028 S 21ST ST 2 L&I violations (2018); sold $227K (2024). Owner-occupied $218K 4/1 1,550 1920 1
2030 S 21ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $218K 3/1 1,550 1920 0
2032 S 21ST ST Bought for $55K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Absentee individual $218K 4/1 1,550 1920 1
2034 S 21ST ST Bought for $74K in 2015, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $295K in 2023 (+409%). Owner-occupied $330K 3/1 1,437 1920 6
2036 S 21ST ST Owner-occupied $218K 4/1 1,550 1920 0
2038 S 21ST ST Owner-occupied $218K 4/1 1,550 1920 1
2040 S 21ST ST Bought for $133K in 2012. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $235K 4/1 1,550 1920 1
2042 S 21ST ST Traded 4×: $102K in 2007 → $112K in 2009 (+10%). Owner-occupied $218K 4/1 1,550 1920 4
2044 S 21ST ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $218K 4/1 1,550 1920 0 tax lien
2046 S 21ST ST Owner-occupied $218K 4/1 1,550 1920 0
2048 S 21ST ST Owner pulled a addition permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $239K —/— 1,824 1920 0 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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